1. The Boston Globe covers the WADA conference at Beijing.
...tempered expectations from sports governing bodies and testing agencies represent a philosophical shift in the ongoing fight against cheaters. Officials are focused on the deterrent effect provided by frequent testing and scientific advances in designer drug detection. In Athens, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) oversaw 3,500 drug tests and turned up 26 positive cases. In Beijing, the number of drug tests will increase to 4,500.
2. The San Francisco Chronicle discusses doping control.
No Olympiad has ever seen as intensive a drug screening program as the Beijing Games. The China Anti-Doping Agency alone will conduct 4,500 tests, according to a comprehensive review of the testing program by Marc Reisch in Chemical & Engineering News' online issue being released today...
"Drug users and their assistants are working around the clock to beat analytical scientists," Dr. Don Catlin, an anti-doping leader on the scene in Beijing, told the chemistry journal.
3. Reuters points a finger at Spanish cycling. 4. The head of the UCI Pat McQuaid is looking at Spain too. (Earthtimes)
This is concerning the European media starting to demand answers from Spain concerning Operation Puerto. There is a push for Spain, not only to clean up its act, but for its officials to release Fuentes' list. Le Monde is appealing a court decision concerning a soccer club's members being on the list, insisting Fuentes gave them the list. Fuentes backed off giving any names on the list after supposed death threats were made towards him and his family by various soccer club supporters. There's other drama in German court etc.
It's easy to see why this is happening after the spectacular summer Spain is enjoying.
"Pat McQuaid, president of the UCI world cycling federation, was first reported that the Spanish authorities confirmed to him that footballers in the case of the Spanish doping doctor Fuentes were implicated"
To read the article, translated into English, click on my name. I hope it is okay to post links to news sources.
There's a lot out there in the European press. In light of the re-opening of the case and McQuaid's recent statements, do you foresee Spain making the list public or will it stay its insular self and never release the list?
I find it interesting because it reminds of an even seedier BALCO.
Posted by: 14yo Chinese Gymnast | 08/22/2008 at 01:14
Sorry, here's the link: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://sport.ard.de/sp/fussball/news200806/01/mcquaid_080601.jsp&usg=ALkJrhgFYd9rXc_fqQ7JINYKUP06NQF5Uw
Sorry, Sorry, that I could not make it into a smaller url.
Posted by: 14yo Chinese Gymnast | 08/22/2008 at 01:15